A/N The usual, I don't own pokemon. I'm sorry the first day has to be so long, but it IS necessary and I'm really sorry about that. It's boring for me too.

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There was a weak flash of green light. However, when he re-appeared, it was not to the other side of the gym-like area but instead he landed halfway to the ceiling, about 3 feet away from where he was originally standing. He landed with a thick THUD. He must have lost his concentration at the very last second, when he said "Teleport", or he might actually need to experience the emotions themselves.

"You need practice. Do so, I'll be right back." Since there were only around five of them, there were some unattended to for a few minutes so they could practice or something. When someone was free because theirs was practicing, they went over to the one who was open. Clever, if there were limited employees. So, Ryuu practiced over and over again, getting different and odd results each time. Once, he almost landed on his neck but managed to shift slightly in the air to let his belly take the fall. He kept having to walk back over to his original spot and try again. Nonetheless, he was getting closer and closer to his target each time. When his partner came back, he was 1/3 across the gym, now only occasionally landing several feet above the ground.

"This seems a little too hard for you, so we'll try something easier. The basics of flying. You need to utilize both your wings and your psychic powers to lift you off the ground. When you are tired, your mind is getting ready to sleep, which is a subconscious state. It is in this subconscious that all psychic powers lie. Heck, I have them, I just don't know how to use them. We all do, but psychic types' are more powerful and they can control them more easily. That's why only very few people such as Sabrina have the ability to control them. She can easily tap into her subconscious and use her powers at will. You need to learn how to control them, too. Usually, thinking of memories or spelling words or doing math helps you reach into your subconscious. That's because your conscious needs to borrow knowledge from it, and it's therefore easier to do if you've just been doing something like that. So let's start, spell "kindle"."

Ryuu straightened up, although he felt ridiculous doing these kinds of things in flying class. "K-I-N-D-L-E."

"Spell "fortunate"."

"F-O-R-T-U-N-A-T-E." Ryuu did sort of feel a little…smarter, or something.

"Spell…"creation"."

"C-R-E-A-T-I-O-N."

"You're pretty good, let's try something harder…how about "Spectacular"?"

Ryuu paused a little longer on this one. "S-P-E-C-T-A-C-U-L-A-R."

"Now math. 28+62."

"90."

"52+79."

"131."

"107+87."

"194." Again, they were starting to get harder.

"248+629, see if you can get that one."

Ryuu paused for a minute. "Eight…hundred and…seventy-seven."

"Good. Now try to fly."

Ryuu put his arms out in a surprised expression. He looked like he had just been asked to tap dance. "I don't know how to fly, you're supposed to teach me!"

"Well, think back to when you were hovering. Try using your wings, too. Lugia sort of half-hovers, half-flies, so that may activate something in there." He tapped Ryuu's head with his knuckles, then walked off again. Well, what was he supposed to do, fly? Actually, yes. That question would be funny to Ryuu if he weren't actually trying to fly. He sighed, and then started moving his wings. Like an airplane turbine, they slowly started up, and then became a steady beat.

Okay, I need to fly…Thought Ryuu, trying to get his powers to come out, for his inner Rayquaza, Lugia, Latias, and Latios to help him. Fly…Fly…Fly…

Repeating words apparently didn't help. He needed to do it, though, and so he, yet again, continued to try. Perhaps the secret wasn't to try, but to relax. Just not think about it. His wings stopped moving.

Yes, I understand…Ryuu thought, closing his eyes, If I relax, then I can get into that state of mind that that guy told me about. Not only is this needed for me to fly, but it's also needed for me to teleport.

In his mind, Ryuu was trying to dig into his subconscious. Slowly but surely, he was getting deeper. What was needed now was to concentrate and be calm. Once he activated his powers, it would be much easier to do it again the next time he tried. Then, Ryuu felt a trickle of power starting to increase. He had reached it! But it wasn't enough just yet, he still needed more to fly, teleport, or even a simple telekinesis. He kept concentrating, and more and more came. As he kept storing energy, he took on a bluish glow. Then, when he knew he had enough energy, he started moving his wings again. In conjunction with them, he willed his powers to make him fly. Slowly, he started rising off the ground! Ryuu had never felt something like this before. Flying gave you a feeling that was somewhere between happiness and an adrenaline rush. It was like being on a roller coaster, but it could be slow, and you weren't restrained. You could go wherever you wanted to. You were free. Ryuu started smiling. Then, he was laughing. Everyone who looked in his direction stared at him, other than Kinesis who had already, and very easily at that, pulled it off. Ryuu tried going up faster. He did, and swerved to avoid hitting the ceiling. He smiled wider, and tried going down, then forward, then left. Pretty soon, he was flying all over the gym. X had obviously seen him by now. He smiled too, happy for his friend.

"Show off," X playfully said.

Ryuu just laughed, and started to go to his spot, but then realized…he didn't know how to land! He was zooming down at about a 120º angle. It could be dangerous if he didn't land correctly. Or just embarrassing. He tried to swerve upward. He didn't land at that angle, but he didn't land correctly, either. He sort of stopped himself with his own body.

"I see you've gotten better at flying. Need to practice that landing, though…" The man was back, and standing right next to him. "Now that you've gotten that down, try some more teleports."

Ryuu got up. He rubbed his side, which was what he had landed on. He had very painfully skidded to a stop. He wanted to sit down, he suddenly felt very tired.

So he said, "I'm tired…"

"Well, that's because psychic energy is also our mind energy, and the more you use the more tired you feel. However, the amount used is extremely insignificant and unless you're planning on constantly using it, I doubt there's anything to worry about. Also, when you use it for the first time, you're not used to it, so you end up unintentionally forcing it and therefore using up more. Once you use it more, however, it will become easier and you won't use as much. Class ends soon, but practice landings and teleporting tomorrow."

"Umm, okay…" Because he was tired, he rubbed the tips of his wings. It just sort of made him feel better, it was like a habit. The young woman from before came in.

"Alright! Listen, class is…" She glanced at the clock, "pretty much over so get ready for Move Lessons! Everyone, go to J23!"

Everyone got ready to leave, talking to people or just walking towards the exit. X was talking to Carlos. He then walked over to Ryuu.

"Nice, Ryuu! Look at you, flying already!" X playfully said, punching Ryuu in the shoulder. Or at least, where it would be.

"Heh heh…Thanks…" Ryuu said, rubbing it, "So, what about you? Have you made any progress?"

X shrugged. "Eh, not really. Carlos says I need to flap my wings faster, or something. By the way, Carlos is AWESOME, vamos!"

"Man, you're lucky to have him!" Ryuu said.

"Yeah!"

"Well, I guess we have Move Lessons now."

"Yup, we'd better get over to J23."

They then walked out of the gym. When he was sure everyone had left, a rocket turned out the lights.